Steely Dan - Bodhisattva (REACTION)

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  • Опубліковано 4 лис 2024

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  • @paulreeves9288
    @paulreeves9288 Рік тому +87

    I can't help but smile every time I see you two getting to experience a Steely Dan song for the first time. You have such keen musical insights and always pick up on the genius.

  • @rlwetz4317
    @rlwetz4317 Рік тому +47

    LA's head shake and "no f'in way" facial expression is the ultimate compliment to the artists. 😄

    • @Ibanezed210
      @Ibanezed210 Рік тому

      You and when there is a blank stare it is a no go

  • @timwirasnik5878
    @timwirasnik5878 8 місяців тому +6

    Thus track is all about Buddhism! I think it was Walter Becker who was getting into it when this was recorded, it's about Enlightenment! A person who in Buddhist and knows all you can but does not go to Enlightenment and stays in Mortal form is called a Bodhisattva

  • @Neillybob63
    @Neillybob63 Рік тому +55

    Watching you two young fellas listening to so many great songs for the first time - songs I've listened to and enjoyed for decades - is like vicariously experiencing some of the best moments of my youth over and over again.... and for that, this old dude appreciates and thanks you.....

    • @rosemarypugliese2984
      @rosemarypugliese2984 Рік тому +7

      You’re a major dude😏

    • @Neillybob63
      @Neillybob63 Рік тому +4

      @@rosemarypugliese2984 Right back at ya, dude-ette!!

    • @mitzifrancis9843
      @mitzifrancis9843 Рік тому +9

      Love seeing comments like yours. I was just describing to my sister why I enjoy these music reaction channels so much by saying, " It's like watching someone open a present you know they're gonna love". The years I spent hanging around musicians are long gone but am glad I had them. ❤

    • @rosemarypugliese2984
      @rosemarypugliese2984 Рік тому

      @@Neillybob63 going to SD tribute band tonight, will see if they play Bodh

    • @Neillybob63
      @Neillybob63 Рік тому +4

      @@mitzifrancis9843 "It's like watching someone open a present you know they're gonna love".... wow... perfectly said!!

  • @TheDivayenta
    @TheDivayenta Рік тому +5

    Pure boogie woogie!

  • @mattdrummond3552
    @mattdrummond3552 11 місяців тому +6

    Steely Dan are the masters of tasteful solos. Whether it be the piano solo in Fire in the Hole or the outro guitar solo in this here song. So fucking sick

  • @gusgibsaints
    @gusgibsaints 10 місяців тому +4

    You guys are just great! I've just discovered you tonight! I've loved Steely Dan all my life! Sending love from England!

  • @theivory1
    @theivory1 Рік тому +20

    I was walking in home depot a few years ago and all of a sudden my ears caught this through the audio system. I don't if it was the radio or what. But I didn't look around before I started getting down. Then I noticed the people staring at me. I just kept going, one guy looked like he knew what was up.

    • @msburton1406
      @msburton1406 Рік тому +2

      Me too. 😮I just want to break out a wild twist and end up on the floor 😂😅 WHEW!

    • @Linda-y9h
      @Linda-y9h Рік тому

      😂😂😂😊

  • @chrissiler6075
    @chrissiler6075 Рік тому +5

    The last guitar solo weaves around the bass line, Magic

  • @destinyreelly2974
    @destinyreelly2974 Рік тому +34

    The musicianship. That’s Steely Dan. ❤❤❤

  • @davelaffertykeyboards
    @davelaffertykeyboards Рік тому +4

    So far ahead of it's time.

  • @hklinker
    @hklinker Рік тому +6

    SD made unbreakable music. It never gets old.

  • @jdbroders64
    @jdbroders64 Рік тому +33

    This album is killer and this song is just amazing. The lead guitar player is Denny Dias and he just nailed the solos and fills. The dude was channeling on this one.
    Fun fact, Dias was a founding member of Steely Dan with Fagen and Becker and was a huge contributor and lead guitarist on Can't Buy a Thrill, Countdown to Ecstasy and Pretzel Logic then appeared numerous times as a session guitarist on future recordings.
    Denny Dias is a legend and a treasure. They were all just killing it during this period and at the peak of their powers as musicians.

    • @ednicholson7839
      @ednicholson7839 Рік тому +4

      I think Dias was the one that posted the ad looking for rock musicians "with jazz chops" to form a band. Fagen and Becker responded to the ad.

    • @jdbroders64
      @jdbroders64 Рік тому

      Yep, you're right. I forgot about that@@ednicholson7839

  • @mr.snicker-doodles7081
    @mr.snicker-doodles7081 Рік тому +5

    YES!!! Awesome....KING of the WORLD is coming..

    • @sirjer73
      @sirjer73 17 днів тому +1

      Dope ass song!!!

  • @DanStrahan-pq7do
    @DanStrahan-pq7do 9 місяців тому +5

    Question: They showing off? Yeah, they showing off...Elevating all of us

  • @ML-un1oi
    @ML-un1oi Рік тому +59

    This is fire 🔥. The live version in my opinion is even better 👌. As always fellas you do not disappoint 👏. And I hope that I speak for everyone . Appreciate you 🙏 ❤

    • @lancealrick6898
      @lancealrick6898 Рік тому +5

      The live version with the epic introduction? Fantastic. I think it was the B-side of a single, and then found a place on the Citizen Dan compilation.

    • @bradbiemesderfer36
      @bradbiemesderfer36 Рік тому

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    • @masapell
      @masapell Рік тому

      Yes!!! I love this version song, but the live version is the “correct” tempo and even better! ;)
      ua-cam.com/video/gxOG-kgfvs8/v-deo.htmlsi=Nz-umSIMM6AzMcD5

    • @jahdonkey
      @jahdonkey Рік тому

      That introduction is priceless. Apparently it was some random drunk trucker or something?@@lancealrick6898

    • @UranusHz420
      @UranusHz420 Рік тому +3

      Saw the Dan in concert once. I kept waiting for this tune. They kept playing one fantastic hit after another until the end of the show. So then I expected this as an encore.
      Nope.
      It was the only one if their hits they didn’t play.
      Still a fantastic show. And holds a special place in my heart because I asked a girl out on a date while I was there. And we ended up being married for 25 years.

  • @timgrady4630
    @timgrady4630 Рік тому +9

    Brilliance on display.
    Never gets old ...nor disappoints.

  • @johncastle5071
    @johncastle5071 6 місяців тому +5

    They are so good that they can overwhelm you. There are no words.

  • @clifton8929
    @clifton8929 Рік тому +13

    A Bodhisattva is a person able to reach nirvana but delays doing so out of compassion in order to save and help suffering beings.
    Like Airplyplay Beats, passing on the College of Musical Knowledge to enlighten us will help us see some good in this crazy world.
    Thanks, guys; music is our path to nirvana. Can't wait for y'all to hit more Donald Fagen solo stuff and more Dan.

  • @Verlopil
    @Verlopil Рік тому +4

    I feel so lucky to have grown up in a time when it was common to hear Steely Dan songs all over the radio.

  • @walterlewis1526
    @walterlewis1526 Рік тому +5

    And underneath all that, it's a blues shuffle.

  • @wayL0ck
    @wayL0ck Рік тому +6

    One of my favorite Steely Dan tunes. The guitar solos by Denny Dias are amazing. I can tell your brains were happy to hear this one. Great reaction as usual.

    • @renematz1138
      @renematz1138 Рік тому +1

      I wondered if this was Denny Dias...thx. Amazing, indeed.

  • @MarkChappell1
    @MarkChappell1 Рік тому +4

    I was waiting for you to get to this one. It's not like any other SD song, great song.

  • @Jude_196
    @Jude_196 Рік тому +3

    JAWDROPPING TECHNICAL STUFF!!! LOVE THEM!! WHO in their RIGHT MIND couldn't just LOVE STEELY DAN???!!! Great Reaction, Guys!! HUGS! ❤

  • @nycskiped
    @nycskiped 14 днів тому

    Blending Be Bop, Rock Instrumentation with a touch of nostalgic shade thrown at the eastern mysticism in Vogue of their youth. The Dan is Deep

  • @JAWjaw-hl9xs
    @JAWjaw-hl9xs Рік тому +4

    Steely Dan the only band to fuse jazz and rock seamlessly

  • @dianel222
    @dianel222 3 місяці тому +2

    Your reactions to Steely Dan are my go-to reactions. 💜💜💜 I can’t move my head that fast & still watch but I’m feeling it.

  • @katylied24
    @katylied24 Рік тому +12

    Best album of all time? Exquisite from beginning to end!

    • @hosehead58
      @hosehead58 Рік тому +1

      way up there without a doubt

  • @astroteech
    @astroteech Рік тому +4

    Hell yah. Take me back to my high school graduation year. I still have this album. If only we could all be Bodhisattvas who jammed like this. Steely Dan continued to evolve to ever higher levels like no other group, actually duo, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, with a host of "guest" musicians who were in the top of their field, e.g. Larry Carlton, Jeff Baxter, Michael McDonald, to name just a few.

  • @Vader1138
    @Vader1138 Рік тому +3

    As many times as I have heard this, I never noticed that when the piano comes in at the beginning, it has a Dave Bruebeck "Take Five" sound to it. Now I can't unhear it. Not relevant to your reaction but something I noticed. Love me some Steeley Dan.

    • @justkim1
      @justkim1 11 місяців тому +2

      I also hear John Coltrane's "Giant Steps".

  • @alldayadventures5418
    @alldayadventures5418 Рік тому +17

    Most of these tunes you guys review... BACK IN THE DAY we would hear these songs over and over again. No escaping from it. Before cell phones, great music ruled and was always a draw. Hearing all these songs 100 times on the radio, we learned and know every word. Line ON-AIR Radio Disc Jockeys would feel the mood of the day and always play the right tunes for the moment.

    • @elisaabolafia9542
      @elisaabolafia9542 Рік тому +1

      Well Put and so true ❗ We are so fortunate to have these bands on our radio dial. 🎵🎵🎵

  • @jenniferbabros1985
    @jenniferbabros1985 Рік тому +4

    You guys are great❤

  • @OlTrev
    @OlTrev Рік тому +2

    Yo, I had never heard that breakdown at the end... that was incredible. Bruh said "Lookout" and they all went NUTS!

  • @metaphoria3
    @metaphoria3 Рік тому +2

    The reoccurring 3:55 part is a gift from God

  • @johnmills2678
    @johnmills2678 Рік тому +5

    When I saw them on their reunion tour back in ‘93 they blew the roof off with this song.

    • @info267
      @info267 Рік тому +2

      I saw them that same year in Massachusetts. Right around the same time, 93-95ish, I met Peter Erskine, who played drums with them that year (1993). Even better, the same day I met Peter, he was with Myron Grombacher, Armond Zildjian, Gress Bissonette, Adam Nussbaum. They were at a drum store in Quincy Mass. I had them all sign my guitar, shot the sh!t with them. for a while. Awesome day!

    • @johnmills2678
      @johnmills2678 Рік тому

      That is amazing! Hell of a crew!

  • @paulbramucci7586
    @paulbramucci7586 Рік тому +2

    Layers upon sophisticated Layers, so cool and fun on the ears

  • @sandymiller3577
    @sandymiller3577 Рік тому +6

    Love Steely Dan. Another great song is Time out of mind and Chain Lightning. There are so many outstanding songs by this group. Home at Last is another one, from when they moved from the east coast to the west coast. Trust me, they went back to the east coast. Another great reaction. ❤

    • @hklinker
      @hklinker Рік тому +2

      You mean Time Out of Mind, which includes that line ‘…tonight when I chase the dragon…’ Great tune, indeed.

  • @stevedahlberg8680
    @stevedahlberg8680 Рік тому +3

    I remember my roommate when I was like 19 was trying to turn me on to this or rather trying to turn me on to Steely Dan, and I'd heard Go Back Jack Do It Again on the radio since I was a little kid and I loved it, but I don't know, at the time, the later stuff I just kind of thought we'll that's too mellow for me, I was into just so much hard rock and punk and metal and all that kind of thing. But once I told him that, he said, well, check out this one.
    And he cranked up Bodhisattva on the stereo and wow. It just cooks so hard.

  • @johnlylemusic
    @johnlylemusic Рік тому +16

    Probably their hardest rocking song!
    Felt like they were trying to outdo Reeling in the Year’s two part guitar harmony with a three part harmony!
    This predates the rockabilly Stray Cat’s craze by at least five years. Just a phenomenal high energy tune!
    👍🏼🎸🎼🔥😎

    • @scurvybro8850
      @scurvybro8850 Рік тому +3

      Brian Setzer and his big band covered "Bodhisattva."

  • @esdel1955
    @esdel1955 Рік тому +7

    Great opening track from a great album. Every single song deserves a listen. Nice to see another Dan reaction from you guys!

  • @cliffordlowerre1381
    @cliffordlowerre1381 11 місяців тому +1

    Love you guys and your great reactions. Glad you guys discovered the Dan and their unique groove and musical genius! The more you listen to them, the more you appreciate them. Keep up the good work! RIP MR. BECKER.

  • @XtheMystic244
    @XtheMystic244 Рік тому +3

    The term "incendiary" gets overused when referring to a guitar driven track but it totally fits here. They really let them loose here. The twin guitars are Thin Lizzyesque

  • @paulreeves9288
    @paulreeves9288 Рік тому +12

    I suspect you two might enjoy King of the World off this album. Yes, there are still many steely gems out there.

  • @jonesey904
    @jonesey904 Рік тому +4

    This whole album is great. Even a little prog with King of the World.

    • @sirjer73
      @sirjer73 17 днів тому +1

      Best song on the album

  • @davidthompson4869
    @davidthompson4869 Рік тому +5

    The Dan is by far my absolute favorite band. It is so cool watching and listening to you guys react to this. Puts a huge smile on my face. And one great thing about Steely, the more you listen, the better it gets!I've listened to Bodhisattva at least 250 times, I've heard it live 3 times and listening to it here again was still MAGIC! Question for you La and Che, it's almost a year since you first reacted to Steely Dan. You've reacted to a lot of different music. Are their songs still at the top of your list of favorites or has another band's music surpassed them? Thanks Guys and keep em coming!

  • @danmayberry1185
    @danmayberry1185 Рік тому +2

    What an album.

  • @neilphelan145
    @neilphelan145 Рік тому +11

    Steely Dan has alot of great songs but this is my all time favorite one. Its also one of my all time songs period!!! It is too short to me.

  • @tektoniks_architects
    @tektoniks_architects Рік тому +3

    Killing it.....iconic great track.

  • @lewismaddox4132
    @lewismaddox4132 Рік тому +12

    This is old school boogie woogie with jazz stutters in between refrains. My sister and her boyfriend wanted to get rid of me for awhile so he plunked this down on the platter and I've never been the same. They came back and I said, "But I'm not done yet."

    • @cherylwoodward
      @cherylwoodward Рік тому

      Boogie Woogie indeed!

    • @lewismaddox4132
      @lewismaddox4132 9 місяців тому

      @@cherylwoodward, and those are soft 'G's'. So it's more like boojie woojie.

  • @hog7203
    @hog7203 Рік тому +3

    That Steely Dan guy is pretty damn good ain't he 😆
    Excellent album. Green Earrings and Pearl of the Quarter are probably my favorites, but it's hard to choose a favorite Steely Dan song. They are all great.

  • @EverendeverGroup
    @EverendeverGroup Рік тому +9

    Bebop meets rock! It's like putting Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix together in one guitarist and telling him that Steely Dan's been lookin' for ya.

    • @sirjer73
      @sirjer73 17 днів тому +1

      EXACTLY!!!!

  • @kirkhepburnmiddleagedwhiteguy
    @kirkhepburnmiddleagedwhiteguy 14 днів тому

    Love listening to tunes with you guys.

  • @lauraschwartz1077
    @lauraschwartz1077 Рік тому +11

    Reminds me of old school swing ! Keep rockin guys. Love love love everything you do.This was so much fun!

  • @mikemet1744
    @mikemet1744 Рік тому

    One of the best songs ever. Rock on.

  • @melvinwomack3717
    @melvinwomack3717 Рік тому +2

    Just crazy good 😊

  • @USGrant-rr2by
    @USGrant-rr2by Рік тому +1

    The Live version (forget where, somewhere in Cali) is AWESOME....just for the Band's introduction by the "drunk" MC!!! Must listen.

  • @bobcorbin3294
    @bobcorbin3294 Рік тому +3

    They do have a Steely Dan chord it's called the Mu chord.

  • @rhwinner
    @rhwinner Рік тому +5

    That's some major league guitar riffs right there...😂

  • @alphaomega6062
    @alphaomega6062 Рік тому +7

    This is the first Steely Dan track I ever heard, my brother's girlfriend brought the album round and persuaded us to let her put it on the record player (we'd been playing Grateful Dead records as usual) we listened through side one, turned it over and played side two then played side one again. That was shortly after it came out back in nineteen seventy something. :D

  • @ILuvJahMTL
    @ILuvJahMTL Рік тому +2

    Good reaction fellas, that was just sweet!

  • @stewartgovan1672
    @stewartgovan1672 Рік тому +4

    This song is badass .can't beat the Dan when they were this good .those jazz leanings are fire.

  • @brendawoodson3230
    @brendawoodson3230 Рік тому

    I can see you enjoying the music that makes me smile

  • @elizabethbrown6384
    @elizabethbrown6384 Рік тому +1

    This just rocks so hard!

  • @richkurl
    @richkurl Рік тому +2

    Countdown is one beautiful album. Great follow-up to Can't Buy a Thrill with a whole different personality, yet still quintessential Steely Dan.

  • @tjmasson1013
    @tjmasson1013 Рік тому +7

    Hands down my favorite SD track. The guitar 🎸 shreds that song apart

  • @marksimpson1991
    @marksimpson1991 Рік тому +3

    Yay! Been waiting for this! One of the first songs I heard that got me hooked on Steely Dan. Nothing sounded like that in 1972. And lyrics fascinating and on point as always.

  • @deaniegarcia5694
    @deaniegarcia5694 Рік тому +4

    Love watching you soaking up another fine Dan tune! This never gets old or stale, just pure musicianship at its best! Your reactions are the best there is! More, please?!

  • @davidhendrix5083
    @davidhendrix5083 Рік тому +1

    Beautiful another victory my musical prodigy producer friends

  • @kevinaldridge
    @kevinaldridge Рік тому +2

    Always love your Steely Dan reactions. ⭐️😁

  • @guinkoo
    @guinkoo 5 місяців тому

    I’ve seen the MANY times and I wait for My Old School for the guitars and cow bell!

  • @blackwolf6082
    @blackwolf6082 Рік тому +2

    This one is so different for them but what a sound

  • @timsullivan67
    @timsullivan67 11 місяців тому +1

    Danny freaking Dias....Master of his craft

  • @willlockler9433
    @willlockler9433 7 місяців тому

    It so much fun. Love you guys.

  • @Thejazzfan66
    @Thejazzfan66 5 місяців тому

    This song is so great because it doesn’t just rock, it swings!

  • @kevincarrigan635
    @kevincarrigan635 10 місяців тому +2

    This is a smokin' joint, but the LIVE version is a beast !!! If not on UA-cam, can be found on the "Gold" album......Carry On Men !!!

  • @wanderer0617
    @wanderer0617 Рік тому

    Great to see you react to Steely Dan again!

  • @seanslaughter5483
    @seanslaughter5483 Рік тому +1

    One of my favorite Steely songs is a complete jam.

  • @astroteech
    @astroteech Рік тому

    I had to watch your reaction again. It's so appropriate!

  • @houseson
    @houseson Рік тому +1

    Yeah you got it right away, cool! Like 50's rock with his twists. I think. Nice!

  • @jeffdempsey6478
    @jeffdempsey6478 Рік тому

    'Alive in America ' is a live CD of perfection from a tour in the 1990's. This song plus beautiful renditions of their best known songs are on it....check it out ❤. Love your reactions. JD

  • @romingerism
    @romingerism 8 місяців тому

    I hope you are paying attention to the amazing cover art on these albums too. Steely Dan never disappointed, always exceeded expectations, and blew minds consistently. Love them!

  • @janicez2630
    @janicez2630 Рік тому

    Have always loved this song...

  • @stevrnmcmorris
    @stevrnmcmorris Рік тому +1

    Pure early fusion have always loved these guys

  • @rustynail3743
    @rustynail3743 Рік тому

    another good on this disk "King of the World.....Keep up the good work

  • @stuBdoc
    @stuBdoc Рік тому +5

    An insane jam just for its own sake. The lyrics, while interesting, are probably incidental (or maybe I should say Oriental). One of my favorites by the Dan.

  • @hookalakah
    @hookalakah Рік тому +1

    This is why I subscribe and watch--you brothers get it.

  • @markharbin9945
    @markharbin9945 Рік тому +2

    Fantastic song😮

  • @timtravasos2742
    @timtravasos2742 Рік тому

    So much going on...very deep

  • @Robusphere
    @Robusphere 6 місяців тому

    My fav SD album. It's fun!

  • @maine420grow
    @maine420grow Рік тому +2

    The live version of this from Santa Monica in 1980 has a sick intro (it's on the citizen steely Dan box set)
    edit: I'm listening to it now. I forgot that they must've done half a key of coke before this performance.

  • @darrylyoes414
    @darrylyoes414 Рік тому +2

    Nothing Skunk Baxter does is bad. The man is a legend.

  • @loupi4bama
    @loupi4bama Рік тому +1

    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @monacaravetta
    @monacaravetta Рік тому +1

    You can also hear gospel influences that Fagen has discussed in interviews. I LOVE this album. Shout out to Denny Dias.

  • @kkampy4052
    @kkampy4052 7 місяців тому

    Always one of my fav SD tunes

  • @RockDocNeal
    @RockDocNeal Рік тому

    Hey guys, the first guitar solo was by Denny Dias and the 2'nd solo near the end was by Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (who also played for years with the Doobie Brothers). Jeff's solo is good and more rock oriented, but I think Denny's first solo is brilliant, with it's smooth, "free range" bebop influenced runs and rhythmic off-beat single note run.

  • @lynnarthur1411
    @lynnarthur1411 4 місяці тому

    Without a doubt - this is my favorite Steely Dan jam. There’s so much to love about this band. However - this track features all of the genres that influence their songwriting, the mastery of their musicianship, the complex arrangement, production values, and vocals…which exemplify their unique sound.

  • @garyking6519
    @garyking6519 Рік тому +2

    They called them mu major chords (my phone doesn't have the mu symbol). It's a major triad with an added 2nd. Easy in the keyboard, not so easy on guitar! That's the Steely Dan sound in a nutshell

  • @donnawoods8039
    @donnawoods8039 9 місяців тому

    Great song to play when driving on an expressway!

  • @allisondownes7481
    @allisondownes7481 Рік тому

    I have so many "favorite" Steely Dan songs...this is one of them!!!! Great Review, guys! Thank you!

    • @suesmith7968
      @suesmith7968 Рік тому +1

      I haven’t met a bad SD song since since I found them in the ‘70s. I don’t have that relationship with any other band! ❤️ your reactions!! ☮️❤️

  • @DM-hk4cw
    @DM-hk4cw Рік тому

    I was just listening to this a few days back. You have to either bob your head or tap your feet....something has to move.